Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets

1. In the middle of the night Mary woke up. Heavy rain (start) falling again and the wind (blow) hard round the walls of the old house. Suddenly she (hear) the crying that she (hear) the night before. This time she decided to discover who it (be). 2. She (leave) her room and (go) to the other side of the house. At last she (find) the right room. She (push) the door open and (see) a big room with beautiful old furniture and pictures. A boy (lie) in a large bed. He (look) tired and cross. He stared at Mary. “Who you (be)? You (be) a dream?” he whispered. 3. “I (be) your second cousin, and your father (be) my uncle,” Mary explained. “I (hear) that you are ill. Your father often (come) and see you?” – “Not often. He not (like) to see me because it (make) him (remember) my mother. She (die) when I (bear), so he almost (hate) me, I think.” 4. “Why you (say) you (die)?” asked Mary. “I always (be) ill. I nearly (die) several times. My doctor (feel) sure that I (be doing) to die. But he’s my father’s cousin, and poor, so he (want) me to die. Then he (get) all the money when my father (die).” 5. “Last year we (have) a grand doctor from London, who (advise) me to go out in the fresh air. But I not (like) fresh air. I want to lie in bed. All the servants (have) to do what I want, because if I (get) angry, I (become) ill.” Mary was furious, and it (make) her (feel) strong. “You are the silliest boy I ever (meet),” she (cry).

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